Seventy-five trade associations, ranging from clothing manufacturers to food processors to rice producers, all representing sectors unrelated to the steel and aluminum dispute, urged U.S. and UK leaders, consistent with their recent commitments, to expeditiously reach an agreement to remove retaliatory tariffs and the threat of tariffs on their products without delay.
“We welcome the suspension of tariffs between the U.S. and EU in the steel and aluminum dispute and urge the UK and U.S. governments to quickly secure an agreement removing tariffs and the threat of tariffs on products unrelated to the dispute, following the precedent set under the Airbus/Boeing dispute,” they said, adding: “This is an important step in helping to reset the critical U.S.-UK trading relationship, and it is essential to our ability to recover from the pandemic.”